> Sorry to hear of your injuries, Bob. Middle age is so much fun! ;-) Damn right - and I've only just got there!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-19622330 Thanks. Shame that they're charging you both. Shit happens - you see it all the time commuting in London, but when someone is genuinely guilty they seem to get away with it. B > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > [email protected] > Sent: 22 September 2012 15:06 > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > Subject: RE: OT - Minor Cycling Incident > > How did the collision happen? The short version: Riding in the right > lane of a four lane street. Just behind an suv. He stops but I don't > have a chance to react - from where I was I didn't notice his brake > lights. Before I know it an oncoming vehicle turns left in front of suv > and in front of me. > > Turns out the suv waved him across. Because the suv was so large he > blocked my view of turning car (and car's view of me). > > I slammed on brakes too late; t-boned him on the passenger door. > Luckily I did have the chance to apply some brake and I also turned to > the right. Meant that the front wheel and handlebars took most of the > force and not the fork or frame. Yay! > > The sorest part of me is right where my messenger bag strap sits atop > my shoulder so I don't know if the most serious of my injuries was from > my shoulder ramming his car or the force of my bag full of groceries > yanking down as I landed on my back on the pavement. > > Car got charged with illegal left, I got charged with illegal pass on > right and I will fight it (brief research indicates I have a very good > case - won't bore you with details). > > The car driver was very nice, apologetic and offered to pay to fix my > bike (which as it turns out only needs the front wheel trued - less > than $10 and I am not going to ask him for that small amount. > > Ashamed that we both got charged imho. He made a mistake and was > apologetic and I know he learned his lesson. I did nothing wrong. Silly > to make us both go through all of this... > > Anyway, that's that. I will heal and all will be good again. > > Sorry to hear of your injuries, Bob. Middle age is so much fun! ;-) > One thing I notice is that I take much longer to heal now than when I > was younger. > > That being said, here's to both of us being back on the road soon! > > I will answer a few more posts on this thread, but in the interest of > list brevity, not all of them. I would, however like to thank each and > every one of you for your thoughts and support. It means a lot to me. > > Cheers, > frank > > "What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof." -- > Christopher Hitchens > > --- Original Message --- > > From: Bob W <[email protected]> > Sent: September 22, 2012 9/22/12 > To: "'Pentax-Discuss Mail List'" <[email protected]> > Subject: RE: OT - Minor Cycling Incident > > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > > Of [email protected] > > > > Could have been a lot worse but I collided with a left-turning car > > this evening. > > > > Injured my left shoulder (again) and got an ambulance ride to the > > hospital (no sirens, damn it!). > > > > X-rays all negative but was diagnosed with partially torn rotator > cuff. > > Can ride "when pain permits". > > > > So I rode home. Very slowly. Hurt a fair bit but actually hurts much > > more when I am standing with my arm hanging by my side. > > > > Sigh... > > > > This is by far not the worst cycling injury I've sustained but I know > > I'll be sore as hell for a couple of days at least. > > > > Could have been much worse! > > > > Oh yeah, bike's okay. Handlbars and one brake lever were twisted > > 'round but have now been straightened. Front wheel out of true (but > > still ridable, so very true-able). > > > > Off to bed now. This will be a long night... > > > > bad luck - glad it wasn't worse, and glad the bike has survived. How > did the collision happen? > > I haven't been able to ride my bike, or jog or take any exercise for > over a month. My plans to cycle to Paris and back had to be scrapped > and I went by train. My physio told me this week that the problem I > have is tarsal tunnel syndrome - it's the same thing that I thought was > gout last year when it coincided with a kidney stone (gout and kidney > stones have the same root cause). Anyway, now that we know what it is > it can be treated properly and I can take steps (literally) to avoid a > repetition, and the physio treatment is improving it. > > B > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
